On Sunday, the topic of my CNN segment was the former Prime Minister of Ukraine’s hairstyle.
It’s a strange but quite significant topic. To see why, please click on this link.
So, the question is what do we learn from Ms. Tymoshenko’s traditional Ukranian hairdo? Simply that our appearance, while not everything, is an integral part of the way we are perceived.
Are you using every aspect of your appearance to your advantage?
A couple of weeks ago, my beloved Blackberry stopped working; it had apparently stopped communicating with the network. Now, I am sure many of you can relate to the panic and despair that ensues when you either drop your device or leave it somewhere. I thought at first it would be a simple matter of replacing it and was mortified when I was told that our department was no longer ordering Blackberries, and that I had to replace it with an iPhone.
I met Kat Cole in 2005, when I was hosting a panel for the Women’s Food Service Forum at the Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta.
Kat was the only woman, and by far the youngest and most impressive of all the panelists. At the time, Kat was head of training for Hooters, and what struck me most was how a highly intelligent, business-savvy brunette, who the audience couldn’t help but take seriously, represented a brand that I had associated with blondes in tight T-shirts and shorts.
Deepak Chopra, James Patterson and Andrew McCarthy don’t have much in common, other than being best-selling authors. What they also have in common is that I interviewed all three of them over the last few weeks. I found it so fascinating to meet the people behind the brand names and to appreciate their own unique perspectives on navigating life’s challenges.
Let’s start with James Patterson, prolific author, Guiness Book of Records holder for most hard cover best-selling books ever sold,
This summer I kayaked for the first time ever. My brother Brian, a cardiologist, was my coach, and he was very patient with his older and not-very-co-coordinated sister.
As we ventured out into a tidal lagoon in Wellfleet on Cape Cod, he told me that the most important thing was to just keep paddling. Even if you don’t use a lot of strength, he said, you will be fine as long as you keep moving.
This morning I had a rather painful physical therapy session for what has been diagnosed as a frozen shoulder.
While Mark, the therapist was twisting my arm into a rather uncomfortable position, he asked me why it took me so long to deal with the problem. “The reason it’s so sore” he said, “is that you waited far too long. If you had come in sooner, it wouldn’t be such a long journey to recovery.”
If you have ever attended a Greater Impact Workshop you will have heard the phrase that EVERYTHING you do and say communicates. The way you are perceived is the culmination of many factors. Key amongst these is your ability to relate to others in the most effective, powerful and gracious way. And even more revealing is how you navigate the inevitable interpersonal conflicts that arise in the workplace from time to time.
Not surprisingly,
CNN’s Nadia Bilchik moderates a panel which dives deeper into this complex topic:
SEE THE FULL PANEL HERE ON CNN.COM:
https://cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2010/10/31/nr.bilchik.religion.and.environment.cnn
